For all the promises that "Smart TVs" make, they aren't really all that smart. Generally, they're just TVs with glorified streaming boxes built into them, plus a few unwieldy bells and whistles nobody wants or uses. So when a smart TV app comes along that actually looks cool, it's pretty shocking. »6/13/14 9:00am 6/13/14 9:00am

The use of a tablet or smartphone as a "second screen" is one of the favorite pieces of marketing trend hype amongst tech companies right now. They're convinced we need apps—more apps, specific apps—to connect to the world and allow us to share our thoughts on whatever we're watching (or perhaps more cynically, buy… »9/17/12 4:15pm 9/17/12 4:15pm